For the birds?

[RICHARD]

Now that the weather is changing I have had a few 'close encounters' with birds in the backyard.

I saw a bird that was stuck inside an old bird cage in the yard.....After a few minutes I got him to fly away.

Today I was visited by a hummingbird three times. I am tilling the soil in the garden and something brought it over to go thru the dirt! I was pretty stoked the first two times and the last time it flew right in front of me and we were eye to eye!


This little guy was really beautiful-green with a red splotch on it chest. It hovered for around 20 seconds, picked something out of the dirt and flew over to the tree to settle down and watch me for a minute!

It was really cool and I enjoyed the show!

Does anyone else have a 'bird' brain?

[lvpets2002]

Well now that you mention it = I have been called a Bird Brain before.. So does that count?? I am so glad you got to help this wittle guy out.. I just know he was a beauty..

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I've got a bird feeder but the dang raccoons keep gettin' in it. Squirrels eat from it too, but at least they don't pull the top off and dump stuff everywhere. I guess I gotta find a short bungee cord to hold the top on. I love watching the birds, and the feeder is in a place where the cats can sit in the window or on the back of the couch and watch it too.
I thought this little guy was stuck til I saw him pull himself up, grab some seeds and swing back down again to eat them:

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I'd love to see a humming bird, I haven't seen one in years.
That squirrel picture is too funny.

I'm a year round bird brain. I LOVE watching birds and taking pictures of them when I have my camera (which is often).

Here are a few pictures from the past couple weeks

a little chickadee


We have a lot of cardinals




a little titmouse


We get everything from the smallest to the largest around here. Here are some of the bigger guys we get. Again all from that past couple weeks.

an Osprey eating a fish


A Great Horned Owl (he's sitting in the same place the osprey was)


A juvenile Bald Eagle flying away after his brother (I love his cute little butt)


So, yes, I am very much a bird brain, but I have no problem with that.

[pomtzu]

We have loads of hummingbirds here every year.

Also if you have a bird feeder that you fill with seeds, first of all make sure it's high enough that the ground critters can't jump up and get in it. Best to hang it in a tree. Then to keep the critters from taking the top off and getting in it as the squirrels love to do - take a disposable aluminum pie tin and put it over the top of the feeder. The squirrels will slide right off of it without being able to get the top off! It really works!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I used to have it hanging between 2 trees, but the squirrels would just tightrope across it. I don't mind the squirrels and I admit it was fun to watch! Honestly this is my 3rd feeder. Varmits chewed up my 2 previous plastic ones, so finally upgraded to all steel. The lid is hinged on one side and has holes on the other, so the bungee thing worked pretty well to keep the coons from opening the top. The birds and squirrels just moved around the cord, so it worked out for everyone (except the coons). I just need to remember to buy another bungee!

[Pinot's Mom]

Kari (Kblaix) - what beautiful pictures, thank you!

We live at the edge of the State Forest, and have planted many things birds are attracted to, so yes we are bird brains as well....some of the most common are: Cardinals, Titmouse, Song Sparrows, Robins (of course), Mourning Doves, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl (my personal favorite), Red Shouldered Hawk, Cooper's Hawk...many others I can't think of at the moment. We also, every year, have visits from a family of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds to our back deck and yard. They're very friendly, actually, they come rather close so we can see how pretty they are!

Pinot was out in the garden with my husband yesterday (spring clean up, you know) and you can tell she knows spring is on the way! She was jumping up and down trying to get those birds!